Brain and Behavior Institute, 2000

BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR INSTITUTE 2000

Monday morning, 10 July

A starting place: aspirations for the institute, your classroom, education generally?

Nancy J. Bialon Lincoln High School math, computer literacy, want HTML, curious about male/female brains, metaphyiscs, hands on healing, chakras, eastern medicine, psychic work
Aliya A. Catanch Hill-Freedman Middle School phobia/large disdain for science, middle school math/sci/social students/language arts to various student groups, have been taking courses to "appreciate science" so can encourage "largely Afro American students" to grow up without science phobia, wants to know about brain, how to stimulate students.
Karen Cohen Abraham Lincoln High School English teacher, students interested in environ science, wants to create interdisciplinary thematic units, wants to use sci in own classroom, forums for discussion. Re literature: how to make metacognitive link between literature and own life experiences. How to appeal to different learning styles.
Carolyn Fitchett CW Henry School Sixth grade teacher, is science teacher in "cycle". Learning styles, exciting students about science. Brains something students are excited about, can work with hands on, connected with brains in learning.
Nora A. Kasper Father Judge High School Physical and environmental science. Former science phobic. Uses internet, having taken prior institutes and with students. Likes taking advantage of diversity in classroom. All male school, interested in gender differences.
Heidi R. King Bartram Human Services Social science, psychology, contemporary issues. Connections between mental, phsyical (and spiritual). Likes movement in classroom, students and self. Learning depends on listening to students. Want to listen to each other and MOVE. "Your Miracle Brain" by Carper?
Sharon P. Lee CW Henry School Science and math, seventh and eight grade. Taught self contained science at elementary school. USI courses helped to reduce science phobia. Wants to understand brain and how affects behavior, alternative medicine, healing, touch therapy.
Sheila F. Mallory John P. Turner Middle School Computer science. Interested in putting together web page, having students do so. Wants to see where one gets to by end of institute.
Ayotola O. Oronti Feltonville Academics Plus School Elementary school. How brain connects to behavior. Why strange behaviors? What going on INSIDE? Experiences with brain damage in auto accidence, got "smarter"? Possible?
Babatunde Ade Oronti Olney High School Ninth grade. Behavioral management strategies. Hence attracted by bBi. Differences between brain and behavior. How do things affect brains/behavior? Drugs? Teachers "active physics"
Inger S. Segre Dimner Beeber Middle School Computer science. Want things for students that strengthen analytical skills, for both regular and special students. Studying design at Moore. Is part of vacation. Make lesson plans challenging and fun, juices flowing.
Aaron Starke William T. Tilden Middle School Fifth grade. Interesting in how environmental factors in brain, cross disciplinary ways of integrating science, web page creation.
Carolyn S. Tyson John P. Turner Middle School Interested in alternative health. Wants to match teaching styles to student learning styles. Don't know enough about brain to do this. Start classes with ideal, enthusiasm, wanes as one worries about "getting behind". Too much time telling students what to know instead of being "guides". Wants help in being better guide.
Deonna L. Vickers John P. Turner Middle School Better understanding of students and behaviors in classroom. Teaches reading, wants to intergrate computer science with it. Want children seeing reading as a foundation, across curriculum.
Judith A. Vlad Julia R. Masterman Middle/High School Math teacher. Spent twenty years outside education, teaching adults sales skills. Adults different than seventh/eighth grade. Interested in how students learn, "discovery", interaction with others, how create communities, "calm/harmony/perspective". What brain does for us, why learn one way or another, how "treat their brain well"? Foods, brain, eye movements, what imprints on brains from "day one", how much ability to adjust community?
Wanda T. Williams John P. Turner Middle School Wants help with own brain and behavior. How brings kids up to where we want them to be? Teachs math, science.

Paul Grobstein Bryn Mawr College Have always wanted to know why I (and other people) behave the way they do, and what I can do about it. Hope you all will help me figure out some of the next answers since I think its important for improving education for everybody.
Jan Richard Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College Student centered instruction, how can we change teaching to do this? How can computers contribute to this? Is assessment possible? How relates to intelligence? How do measurements relatate to life skills? How make students better critical thinkers? How does personality affect learning? Can encourage attitudes that make learning easier? What are the limits on ability to learn? Are there different windows at different times? Social development? Dropped beyond elementary school. How support continued social development. Memory, how/why does it work, relation to intelligence, age?

Essential preliminaries:

The nature of science: Getting it less wrong rather than getting it right
Skepticism about this being an oversimplication of science?

The nature of life/evolution: Diversity, Trying things out

The nature of the brain: Its all there is (brain=behavior)

The nature of education?

Commonalities among science/life/brain/education?

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Nancy J. Bialon	Lincoln High School	math, computer literacy, want HTML, curious about male/female brains, metaphyiscs, hands on healing, chakras, eastern medicine, psychic work
Aliya A. Catanch	Hill-Freedman Middle School	phobia/large disdain for science, middle school math/sci/social students/language arts to various student groups, have been taking courses to "appreciate science" so can encourage "largely Afro American students" to grow up without science phobia, wants to know about brain, how to stimulate students.
Karen Cohen	Abraham Lincoln High School	English teacher, students interested in environ science, wants to create interdisciplinary thematic units, wants to use sci in own classroom, forums for discussion. Re literature: how to make metacognitive link between literature and own life experiences. How to appeal to different learning styles.
Carolyn Fitchett	CW Henry School	Sixth grade teacher, is science teacher in "cycle". Learning styles, exciting students about science. Brains something students are excited about, can work with hands on, connected with brains in learning.
Nora A. Kasper	Father Judge High School	Physical and environmental science. Former science phobic. Uses internet, having taken prior institutes and with students. Likes taking advantage of diversity in classroom. All male school, interested in gender differences.
Heidi R. King	Bartram Human Services	Social science, psychology, contemporary issues. Connections between mental, phsyical (and spiritual). Likes movement in classroom, students and self. Learning depends on listening to students. Want to listen to each other and MOVE. "Your Miracle Brain" by Carper?
Sharon P. Lee	CW Henry School	Science and math, seventh and eight grade. Taught self contained science at elementary school. USI courses helped to reduce science phobia. Wants to understand brain and how affects behavior, alternative medicine, healing, touch therapy.
Sheila F. Mallory	John P. Turner Middle School	Computer science. Interested in putting together web page, having students do so. Wants to see where one gets to by end of institute.
Ayotola O. Oronti	Feltonville Academics Plus School	Elementary school. How brain connects to behavior. Why strange behaviors? What going on INSIDE? Experiences with brain damage in auto accidence, got "smarter"? Possible?
Babatunde Ade Oronti	Olney High School	Ninth grade. Behavioral management strategies. Hence attracted by bBi. Differences between brain and behavior. How do things affect brains/behavior? Drugs? Teachers "active physics"
Inger S. Segre	Dimner Beeber Middle School	Computer science. Want things for students that strengthen analytical skills, for both regular and special students. Studying design at Moore. Is part of vacation. Make lesson plans challenging and fun, juices flowing.
Aaron Starke	William T. Tilden Middle School	Fifth grade. Interesting in how environmental factors in brain, cross disciplinary ways of integrating science, web page creation.
Carolyn S. Tyson	John P. Turner Middle School	Interested in alternative health. Wants to match teaching styles to student learning styles. Don't know enough about brain to do this. Start classes with ideal, enthusiasm, wanes as one worries about "getting behind". Too much time telling students what to know instead of being "guides". Wants help in being better guide.
Deonna L. Vickers	John P. Turner Middle School	Better understanding of students and behaviors in classroom. Teaches reading, wants to intergrate computer science with it. Want children seeing reading as a foundation, across curriculum.
Judith A. Vlad	Julia R. Masterman Middle/High School	Math teacher. Spent twenty years outside education, teaching adults sales skills. Adults different than seventh/eighth grade. Interested in how students learn, "discovery", interaction with others, how create communities, "calm/harmony/perspective". What brain does for us, why learn one way or another, how "treat their brain well"? Foods, brain, eye movements, what imprints on brains from "day one", how much ability to adjust community?
Wanda T. Williams	John P. Turner Middle School	Wants help with own brain and behavior. How brings kids up to where we want them to be? Teachs math, science.

Paul Grobstein	Bryn Mawr College	Have always wanted to know why I (and other people) behave the way they do, and what I can do about it. Hope you all will help me figure out some of the next answers since I think its important for improving education for everybody.
Jan Richard	Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College	Student centered instruction, how can we change teaching to do this? How can computers contribute to this? Is assessment possible? How relates to intelligence? How do measurements relatate to life skills? How make students better critical thinkers? How does personality affect learning? Can encourage attitudes that make learning easier? What are the limits on ability to learn? Are there different windows at different times? Social development? Dropped beyond elementary school. How support continued social development. Memory, how/why does it work, relation to intelligence, age?